Muslim Community Lobby Ireland is an independent organization established 1st May 2007. Its motto is
TO USE THE VOTE RIGHTLY AND TO RAISE THE MUSLIM COMMUNITY AWARNESS WITH THEIR RIGHTS AND TO PROMOTE TOLERANCE AND UNDERSTANDING OF OTHER EXISTING GROUPS.
لترشيد استعمال الصوت الانتخابي ولتوعية وتعريف المسلمين بحقوقهم في ايرلندا وان يعيشوا بتفهم للواقع وللجماعات الاخرى الموجودة على الساحة

Monday, October 29, 2007

Ancient Qur'an sells for more than US$2.3 million

Ancient Qur'an sells for more than US$2.3 millionUpdated Wed. Oct. 24 2007 8:12 AM ETThe Associated PressLONDON -- A Qur'an written in 1203, believed to be the oldest known complete copy, has sold for more than $2.3 million at an auction.The holy book, which had been estimated to sell for up to US$715,000, fetched US$2,327,300 at Tuesday's auction in London , Christie's said.That was a record auction price for a Qur'an or any type of Islamic manuscript, the auctioneer Christie's said.A nearly complete, 10th-century Kufic Qur'an, thought to be from North Africa or the near East, sold for US$1,870,000.Both were offered for sale by the Hispanic Society of America, and were purchased by trade buyers in London , Christie's said.The record-setting Qur'an was signed by Yahya bin Muhammad ibn 'Umar, dated 17 Ramadan 599 (June 1203).It was acquired in Cairo in 1905 by Archer Milton Huntington, who founded the Hispanic Society in New York City in 1904. Huntington, the adopted son of railroad and ship-building magnate Collis P. Huntington, died in 1955.The calligraphy in the manuscript was done in gold outlined in thin black lines, and the marginal notes are in silver outlined in red.The kufic Qur'an bridges a gap between the earlier style, copied on parchment of horizontal format, and the later style of vertical composition, often on paper, Christie's catalog said.The kufic script takes its name from Kufah in Iraq , an early center of Islamic scholarship, according to the British Library.Because the script's vertical strokes were very short but the horizontal strokes elongated, it was written on papers in a landscape format.

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Objectives

1. TO USE THE VOTE RIGHTLY AND TO RAISE THE MUSLIM COMMUNITY AWARNESS WITH THEIR RIGHTS AND TO PROMOTE TOLERANCE AND UNDERSTANDING OF OTHER EXISTEING GROUPS.2. Individual community needs should be the issue for voting for each Muslim locality in the constituency.3. Investing in establishing good and effective relations with politicians. We need to support them so they will support us.4. On the long run we should aim at the long time process to succeed to find working strategy for certain areas of interest.5. We should give e.g. votes and support before demand or requesting politicians to do things for us.6. Voting for the right candidate is essential so we encourage people to read the manifesto of the party.7. Muslims in Ireland have less problems than the rest of the world therefore time personal contact and right candidate must be approached.8. Encourage Muslim people to involve in different parties in the country.

Objectives:1. TO USE THE VOTE RIGHTLY AND TO RAISE THE MUSLIM COMMUNITY AWARNESS WITH THEIR RIGHTS AND TO PROMOTE TOLERANCE AND UNDERSTANDING OF OTHER EXISTEING GROUPS.2. Individual community needs should be the issue for voting for each Muslim locality in the constituency.3. Investing in establishing good and effective relations with politicians. We need to support them so they will support us.4. On the long run we should aim at the long time process to succeed to find working strategy for certain areas of interest.5. We should give e.g. votes and support before demand or requesting politicians to do things for us.6. Voting for the right candidate is essential so we encourage people to read the manifesto of the party.7. Muslims in Ireland have less problems than the rest of the world therefore time personal contact and right candidate must be approached.8. Encourage Muslim people to involve in different parties in the country.